higher wages and extra perks the soldiers insist they are all united in their desire to be back the taliban led insurgency regardless of age or ethnicity then any on what we are old brothers and we are all called by one name was by the call of duty has also struck a chord beyond able bodied males a first ever class of women soldiers has just graduated. and there's even a mujahideen unit made up of hardened veterans of the anti soviet you hide this is all good news to u.s. military planners who have set a two thousand and fourteen going to hand over security responsibilities to the afghans the afghan army enjoys a much better reputation in the police force and has even been featured in a recent movie. but is the army takes greater responsibility for security around the country there are concerns that the quality of troops may be coming at the expense of quality for starters more than eighty percent of troops are illiterate a big problem an ability to read maps and numbers can spell the difference between life and death adding to the woes are widespread drug use and desertions today roughly o